Career counselling and career information on career choice in librarianship among postgraduate library and information science (LIS) students in Southwestern Nigeria
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2024
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Library and Information Perspectives and Research
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Career counselling and career information are dynamic vehicles that drive students towards career pathways and self-development. Uninterrupted career counselling and career information in librarianship will result in an upturn in the number of career choices in the profession. The objective of the study was to investigate the effect of career counselling and career information on career choice in librarianship among postgraduate students in library and information science schools in Southwestern Nigeria. A descriptive research design of correlational type was adopted for the study. The hypothesis was tested at 0.05 level of significance. The population of the study covered one hundred and sixty one (161) master's degree students of the library and information science programme in the 2019/2020 academic year in the Southwestern Nigeria. A total of 161 copies of questionnaire were administered personally by the researchers to the respondents, and 157 were retrieved and found satisfactory for the study. The Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) was used for data analysis, and the results obtained were presented in frequency and percentage, pie chart, and bar chart. The study discovered that the students were not interested in the librarianship profession at the first degree level, but they developed a passion for the profession later in life. The study recommended that librarians use all media types (television, radio, newspapers, web pages, and social media channels, among others) to create awareness and promote their profession.
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Ozonuwe, O. S et al..(2024). Career counselling and career information on career choice in librarianship among postgraduate library and information science (LIS) students in Southwestern Nigeria. Library and Information Perspectives and Research. 6(1); 286 – 296.